WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, and world  leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Passport®  Pro, the first portable, Thunderbolt™-powered dual-drive solution, providing  creative professionals and enthusiasts high performance and capacity in a truly  mobile solution. For Mac systems, My Passport Pro has user-selectable RAID  functionality to deliver needed performance for the most demanding applications  in the field, without the need for power adapters or extra cables. My Passport  Pro is available in 2 TB and 4 TB capacities. 

  “The only Thunderbolt dual-drive solution that’s  bus-powered, WD’s My Passport Pro enhances the workflow of mobile creative  professionals by providing fast transfers and data protection for the large  amounts of digital content they generate outside the studio,” said Jim Welsh,  executive vice president of branded  products and worldwide sales, WD. “From photographers, videographers and  musicians to graphic designers and architects, people who depend on portable  storage for their livelihood will find My Passport Pro defines a new level of  performance, reliability and especially portability.” 

  “Thunderbolt™ technology makes new  approaches possible for high-performance workflows,” said Jason Ziller, Intel’s  Director of Thunderbolt Marketing. “By combining dual storage drives on a  portable, bus-powered device, the My Passport Pro from WD is a uniquely  powerful storage solution with high capacity for today’s demanding users.” 

  Directly powered via the integrated  Thunderbolt cable — a design unique to WD — performance of My Passport Pro clocks  in at speeds up to 233 MB/s, providing super-fast transfer, edit and backup  capabilities. Another key feature of the dual-drive My Passport Pro is its  user-selectable RAID function, which lets users choose data striping (RAID 0) for  high performance or mirroring (RAID 1) for data redundancy, depending on the  user’s needs. Superior to both FireWire 800 and USB 3.0, the integrated  Thunderbolt technology of My Passport Pro makes video manipulation quick and  easy—with the ability to copy a 22 GB high-definition video file in half the  time typically required by a USB 3.0 drive working in RAID 0 format. 

  Consisting of two 2.5-inch hard drives  housed in a sleek aluminum enclosure, My Passport Pro is thoroughly  shock-tested for extra durability to perform reliably when working on the go. 

Pricing and Availability

My Passport Pro will be available immediately  at Apple and major consumer electronics retailers and e-tailers as well as  online at www.wdstore.com.  Pricing for the 2 TB My Passport Pro is $299.99 and the 4 TB model is $429.99  USD.